deuterolearning

English

Etymology

Coined by Gregory Bateson, from deutero- (“secondary”) +‎ learning.

Noun

deuterolearning (uncountable)

1. Second-order learning; learning how to learn.
   • 2008, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi, Jeanette Dickerson-Putman, editors, Pulling the Right Threads: The Ethnographic Life and Legacy of Jane C. Goodale, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 111:

     The implications of deuterolearning take us into an anthropology that is wonderfully open.

   • 2017, Moisés J. Schwartz, Ray C. Rist, The International Monetary Fund and the Learning Organization: The Role of Independent Evaluation, International Monetary Fund, →ISBN, page 70:

     Deuterolearning implies becoming aware of how organizations single- and double-loop learn—that is, “learning how to learn.”